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Why I don't hunt.
grumpygy
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quote:PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Wearing bright colors and making noise in the forest are among the tips wildlife officials are recommending to avoid being mistaken for an animal during hunting season. Two recent victims of shootings by hunters were not wearing the bright orange vests and hats suggested to help prevent accidents. A middle school teacher from Camas, Wash., was charged with manslaughter in the death of a man shot Nov. 1 while the teacher was hunting elk in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. The victim wore a green raincoat and black rain pants. In another case, a 20-year-old graduate of Powers High School was fatally shot last month in the Siskiyou National Forest in southern Oregon when one of his hunting partners fired at what he thought was a deer. While authorities say primary responsibility falls on hunters to be sure of their targets, wearing blaze orange is a simple precaution against accidents.
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Have a place I could hunt on private property problem is most times You have to chase the fool who are there with out permission off. By the time they are done you might as well go home.
AND ONLY ONCE!!
I had a good spot picked out,way away from everyone else.There was a map that everyone marked with one of them thumbtack things so that people wouldn't get too close to each other.
First morning out,a guy comes walkin' across my area lookin' like Elmer Fudd,so I just packed my happy * back to the truck and to "headquarters".[:(!]
Come to find out,Elmer was "supposed" to be over half a mile away from me on the other side of the mountain.[V]
BTW,no "walk hunting" was allowed.
Never again.
BW
quote:What do you think your chances are of getting hit by a stray bullet while mowing your lawn? Unless you're in a war-torn country, the chances are slim. Now if you are unlucky enough to get hit by a stray bullet that just happens to hit you in the chest just over your heart, what are you chances of surviving? The chances are even slimmer. We've all seen the movies and read the stories where a Bible or a liquor flask that was placed in a shirt chest pocket saved a man from a deadly bullet; who would think a cell phone could stop a bullet? Ronald Richard of Covington, Louisiana now knows it can.
While riding on his John Deere, Richard suddenly felt a "hard punch" hit him in the chest just over his heart. The Tammany News reported that when he grabbed his sweater to find out what the heck slammed into him a .45-caliber "casing" fell on the ground. What was going through his mind?
The bullet struck the cell phone that was in his chest pocket, tore it in two, and slowed the bullet just enough to keep it from entering his chest and piercing his heart. It is unknown, as of the writing of the article review, where the bullet came from but officials believe that it came from nearby hunters.
Not only did this incident make Ronald appreciate his life more, I'm assuming, but it also motivates him to be more active for stricter restriction of firing guns in the area. The Richards already sent a letter to Chris Cooper, the St. Tammany Parish District 2 Councilman, in attempt to compel him to do what he can to pass more strict ordinances concerning firearms. Now that this story has nationwide, now worldwide attention, I assume changes will soon be made.
I wonder what he's going to be doing with the bullet. Who needs a bullet proof vest when you've got a cell phone?